Chapter 109: Accountability
On the way back, there was no more ambush, and the soldier at the intersection had long since disappeared, and with three unconscious wounded, Situ Xi and they soon reached the bottom of the mountain.
"Quickly take them to the accompanying doctor."
After summoning a few guards at the intersection, Situ Xi entrusted them with the three guards who were hit by the arrow, and these three were in a bad condition and had to be treated immediately.
A glance at the foothills of the mountain showed that there was no one else around except the guards, and it seemed that they were still hunting on the mountain.
"Brother Mo, you and Brother Chen are guarding below, and then let someone go to the mountain to inform his father-in-law and tell him the situation here, your sister is still at the top of the mountain, I have to take her down."
"Brother-in-law, the Queen Mother and others are all above, there are many soldiers accompanying them, Sister Yu will be fine, if you want to go, I will go with you, it is enough to have Sister Chen here."
Zhong Limo saw Situ Xi's footsteps and went straight to the side of the mountaineering street, and hurriedly ran to him to walk with him.
The so-called concern is chaos, Zhong Lixuan and they are with the Queen Mother, and the top of the mountain is much safer than them, if there is a problem on their side, then Situ Xi will not be able to help if he goes up.
Just as Situ Xi was about to step on the stairs, they suddenly noticed that the ground shook slightly, and when they looked to the right, Emperor Chu was coming down from the hillside with a large army.
"Your Majesty! Father! When Zhong Limo saw the people coming, he also ran towards them quickly.
"Mo'er?"
"What's going on?" Emperor Chu saw several guards on the side carrying three blood-stained people in their robes to the side, and immediately dismounted and came to inquire.
"Father! I almost won't see you...... Your Majesty, we were ambushed while hunting......" Zhong Limo wiped his tears and suddenly burst into tears.
Zhong Li's eyes froze, and all the officials changed color when they heard it, they looked at each other and whispered.
Emperor Chu frowned, looked at Chen Zhishu and Chen Pu who were standing behind Situ Xi, and saw that they were safe and sound, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then returned his gaze to Zhong Limo.
"Come with me, what's going on on the mountain, tell me in detail."
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"Eleven, how did you put it right?"
In the open space under Wenshan, Emperor Chu sat on a circle chair, Situ Xi, Zhong Limo and Chen Zhishu stood in front of him, only a few important ministers of the court stood beside him, and the rest of the officials were waiting in the distance.
The Queen Mother and others on the top of the mountain had already received the news and walked down the mountain, Chen Pu was communicating with the envoys of the Li State on the side, and Situ Xi saw Zhong Lisu's figure in the crowd, so he was relieved.
"I have a hidden weapon on my body for self-defense, those people are defenseless, they have been poisoned by the hidden weapon, and the guards have also fought for their lives......"
Before Situ Xi could speak, Chen Zhishu answered this question for him, Situ Xi was stunned for a moment, turned his head to look at Chen Zhishu, but found that she was looking directly at Emperor Chu, and her eyes did not dodge.
"I see, it's weird...... Scared both of you. "Emperor Chu has heard of Chen Zhishu's martial arts, so he has no suspicion that she is carrying a secret weapon, and he has no heart to dwell on these at the moment, the spring hunt organized by himself has this matter, and the prince and princess who came to visit Li Guo were almost caught, if those people are allowed to succeed, the consequences will be unimaginable.
"Foreign Minister Font Po greets Your Majesty! Your Majesty Emperor Chu, please be sure to wait for me to give an explanation! A shout rang out from the side, and a Confucian priest in a dark robe walked over, with a square face and a long beard, and Chen Pu was following behind him.
"Noble envoy." When Emperor Chu saw the visitor, he also showed a headache, but he still got up to greet him and beckoned him to sit down on the side.
"Your Majesty the Emperor of Chu, this visit to Chu, my delegation to the Kingdom of Li is invited, His Majesty the Emperor Li also attaches great importance to this exchange, the prince and the princess personally visit is our sincerity, but I never expected that someone in this State of Chu would want to murder the two Royal Highnesses, or in the spring ......hunt prepared by His Majesty the Emperor of Chu."
"Noble envoy, today's incident is indeed my fault, I was not well prepared in terms of defense, and I made a mistake and let the villains get involved. When I was hunting in the mountains, I and you Aiqing were also ambushed, and the top priority was to find out who was behind the scenes, and when the matter was investigated, I would definitely give you a satisfactory answer. ”
Emperor Chu's attitude was sincere, which made Feng Po, the envoy of the State of Li, look a little more pale.
"Your Majesty was also ambushed? Is it okay? ”
"Someone prepared a lot of rolling stones in the mountains in advance......"
"Who is so vicious? To be the enemy of my Li and Chu at the same time? ”
"I will find out about this matter as soon as possible, noble envoy, in the near future, I will send more soldiers to guard your safety, and you will also reduce your outings recently."
"Understood, we will try our best to cooperate, but please don't blame Your Majesty the Emperor of Chu, today's ministers will immediately send someone back to inform Your Majesty that we may have to stop sending supplies to the Chu State before the Holy Lord replies to the letter."
"As it should be." Sighing helplessly, Emperor Chu agreed to his proposal.
"Your Majesty, the body of the thief has been recovered." A general came running quickly to report the situation.
"Oh? Where is Zhong Xiu? Hearing that the person had been brought, Emperor Chu immediately stood up.
"The minister is here!" Zhong Xiu, the leader of the Xuanwu Guard, stepped forward and knelt down.
"Go, go and see if those thieves are dressed the same as the last time you saw them on Yuxin Street."
"Whoa." Zhong Xiu took the order, turned and walked to the black-robed men on the ground in the distance, he squatted down and pulled at the clothes of several of them, pinched their cheeks, looked at the corners of their mouths, and finally turned out a porcelain vase in the arms of one of them.
Soon, Zhong Xiu returned to Zuo Duyuan.
"Back to Your Majesty, these people are most likely from the same place as those dead soldiers on Yuxin Street, they are exactly the same outfit, and they are carrying the same medicine bottles."
Hearing Zhong Xiu's conclusion, Zuo Du's distant face sank like water.
"Are the princes, Gengwang, and Hu'er back?"
A eunuch walked up to Emperor Chu and whispered in his ear: "Holy Lord, I just received the news that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness King Geng are descending the mountain, as for the third prince...... His Royal Highness the Third Prince, he fell into a trap set by others while hunting, broke his foot, and has been sent to the Imperial Doctor, but you want to call him? ”
"Traps? Could it be that it was set up by the accomplices of these black-robed people again? Emperor Chu's brows furrowed even tighter.
"This ......" The eunuch's expression was very exciting, he hesitated for a while, and then covered his mouth and said in a lower voice: "Your Majesty, that trap seems to have been set up by His Royal Highness King Geng to hunt ......"